Research Topic Vocab:
Tipple - A place where mine cars are tipped over to be emptied at a mine.
-Origin: Americanism; noun use of dial.
--Ex: The tipple was pouring out coal like a fountain!
Bituminous Coal - a mineral coal that contains volatile hydrocarbons and tarry matter and burns with a yellow smoky flame soft coal.
-Origin: 1875-80
--Ex: The Bituminous coal burned a bright yellow when the spark landed on it.
Incorporated - combined in one body; made part of.
-Origin: 1590-1600
--Ex: The Olga Coal Company is incorporated in 1947.
Conjoined - Joined together, united, or linked.
-Origin: 1560-70
--Ex: The Olga mine and Caretta mine were conjoined in 1956.
Methane Gas - A colorless, odorless, flammable gas, CH 4 , the main constituent of marsh gas and the firedamp of coalmines, obtained
commercially from natural gas: the first member of the methane, or alkane, series of hydrocarbons.
-Origin: 1865-70
--Ex: The methane gas leaked into the mine and if as much as a spark goes off it could blow the mountain off the ground!
Scientific Vocab:
Trajectory - The curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.
-Origin: 1660-70
--Ex: The trajectory of the plane was very steep, meaning it went really high.
Momentum - Force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
-Origin: 1690-1700
--Ex: The momentum of the car was fast enough to knock over a body builder!
Velocity - Rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed.
-Origin: 1540-50
--Ex: An object is at it's maximum velocity when it's about to hit the ground from a fall.
Force - Strength or power exerted upon an object; physical coercion; violence.
-Origin: 1250-1300
--Ex: It take force to stop a car from moving.
Altitude - The height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, especially above sea level on earth.
-Origin: 1350-1400
--Ex: The planes altitude surpasses anything I could ever imagine!
October Sky Vocab:
Note: The last 3 words I found on an internet version of the book. There are no page numbers.
Foreman - A person in charge of a particular department.
-Origin: 1175-1225
--Ex: After a couple of years, the captain raised Dad to section foreman, taught him how to lead men and operate and ventilate a mine, and instilled in him a vision of the town. (Hickam, 8)
Surreptitiously - Detailed.
-Origin: 1400-50
--Ex: A few of them surreptitiously moved up past Snakeroot and built shacks along the fringe of the woods, hoping someday to be rehired. (Hickam, 65)
Rugged - Having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface.
-Origin: 1300-50
--Ex: Up until the early nineteenth century, Cherokee tribes occasionally hunted in the area, but found the terrain otherwise too rugged and uninviting. (Hickam)
Enthalpy - A quantity associated with a thermodynamic system, expressed as the internal energy of a system plus the product of the pressure and volume of the system, having the property that during an isobaric process, the change in the quantity is equal to the heat transferred during the process.
-Origin: 1925-30
--Ex: And I didn’t know that the enthalpy decrease in a converging passage could be transformed into jet kinetic energy if a divergent passage was added. (Hickam)
Intimately - Characterized by or involving warm friendship or a personally close or familiar association or feeling.
-Origin: 1600-10
--Ex: By the send grade, I was intimately familiar with and capable of discussing in some detail Tom Sawyer and Uncle Tom’s Cabin. (Hickam)
Tipple - A place where mine cars are tipped over to be emptied at a mine.
-Origin: Americanism; noun use of dial.
--Ex: The tipple was pouring out coal like a fountain!
Bituminous Coal - a mineral coal that contains volatile hydrocarbons and tarry matter and burns with a yellow smoky flame soft coal.
-Origin: 1875-80
--Ex: The Bituminous coal burned a bright yellow when the spark landed on it.
Incorporated - combined in one body; made part of.
-Origin: 1590-1600
--Ex: The Olga Coal Company is incorporated in 1947.
Conjoined - Joined together, united, or linked.
-Origin: 1560-70
--Ex: The Olga mine and Caretta mine were conjoined in 1956.
Methane Gas - A colorless, odorless, flammable gas, CH 4 , the main constituent of marsh gas and the firedamp of coalmines, obtained
commercially from natural gas: the first member of the methane, or alkane, series of hydrocarbons.
-Origin: 1865-70
--Ex: The methane gas leaked into the mine and if as much as a spark goes off it could blow the mountain off the ground!
Scientific Vocab:
Trajectory - The curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.
-Origin: 1660-70
--Ex: The trajectory of the plane was very steep, meaning it went really high.
Momentum - Force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
-Origin: 1690-1700
--Ex: The momentum of the car was fast enough to knock over a body builder!
Velocity - Rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed.
-Origin: 1540-50
--Ex: An object is at it's maximum velocity when it's about to hit the ground from a fall.
Force - Strength or power exerted upon an object; physical coercion; violence.
-Origin: 1250-1300
--Ex: It take force to stop a car from moving.
Altitude - The height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, especially above sea level on earth.
-Origin: 1350-1400
--Ex: The planes altitude surpasses anything I could ever imagine!
October Sky Vocab:
Note: The last 3 words I found on an internet version of the book. There are no page numbers.
Foreman - A person in charge of a particular department.
-Origin: 1175-1225
--Ex: After a couple of years, the captain raised Dad to section foreman, taught him how to lead men and operate and ventilate a mine, and instilled in him a vision of the town. (Hickam, 8)
Surreptitiously - Detailed.
-Origin: 1400-50
--Ex: A few of them surreptitiously moved up past Snakeroot and built shacks along the fringe of the woods, hoping someday to be rehired. (Hickam, 65)
Rugged - Having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface.
-Origin: 1300-50
--Ex: Up until the early nineteenth century, Cherokee tribes occasionally hunted in the area, but found the terrain otherwise too rugged and uninviting. (Hickam)
Enthalpy - A quantity associated with a thermodynamic system, expressed as the internal energy of a system plus the product of the pressure and volume of the system, having the property that during an isobaric process, the change in the quantity is equal to the heat transferred during the process.
-Origin: 1925-30
--Ex: And I didn’t know that the enthalpy decrease in a converging passage could be transformed into jet kinetic energy if a divergent passage was added. (Hickam)
Intimately - Characterized by or involving warm friendship or a personally close or familiar association or feeling.
-Origin: 1600-10
--Ex: By the send grade, I was intimately familiar with and capable of discussing in some detail Tom Sawyer and Uncle Tom’s Cabin. (Hickam)